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In this study, we examined the individual and socio-environmental factors that mediate differential self-reported experiences of climate change in coastal communities in Lagos, Nigeria. Binary complementary log-log multivariate regression was used to model residents’ experiences of changing rainfall patterns, ocean surges, and flood events. An analysis of both compositional and contextual factors showed that there were urban communities where vulnerability to flooding tends to be clustered,...

Her PhD developed a model of professional capability for women teachers in rural Sub-Saharan African schools.From 2006-2013, she was a researcher on the Teacher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa (TESSA) programme, which creates and supports the use of open educational

This keynote consists of two parts. The first part offers some general observations from the past related to the power (and eventual powerlessness) of education. The aim is to create a framework with which the specific case, discussed in the second part, must be interpreted. Furthermore, it is emphasised that almost every pedagogical intervention which harboured the explicit aim of “forming” subjects had in itself a very normative and disciplinary nature. Yet these objectives, imposed from...

This paper reports on educational research conducted in Lesotho, Southern Africa.  Mixed methods of research were used to elicit and describe teachers’ attitudes toward children they perceived as disabled.  The study took place in a country where discussions on ‘the continuum’ of services, specialist diagnoses, and Western notions of assistive technology are largely irrelevant. Over-arching themes are compared to themes that have emerged from special education and Disability Studies literature over the past decade.

Disability, CBR and Inclusive Development aims to enhance knowledge in the field of disability and inclusive development, addressing the needs of practitioners, policy makers, DPOs and the scientific community.

need to increase the access of the citizens to basic education and achieve reform in the education sector, prompted Federal Government of Nigeria to inaugurate Universal Basic Education (UBE) programme in 1999. There was however the expectation that every individual that seeks the basic education will complete the required training and thus enjoy the literacy, numeracy, and communicative skills dividends; further their education or become self-sustained in the society. Amid the...

The South-East Asian Journal of Medical Education (SEAJME) is the culmination of the SEARAME's vision to bring together medical educationists in the region to promote collaborative efforts toward uplifting the standards of medical education in the region and beyond through dissemination of knowledge. This journal will be the ideal platform to disseminate research findings and stimulate discussion among experts in the field. Open access policy of the journal will facilitate this ideal.From...

Public funding for higher education in South Africa is a significant investment. Large amounts of funds are invested in students and there is a national shortage of high quality students in scarce skills - in particular, students with a postgraduate qualification. Students tend to take longer to complete their studies which contributes to the workload of academic staff. Dropouts are affecting the deliverance of these students in a negative way and priceless research from these students is...

The purpose of the study was to determine the epidemiology of ocular disorders and visual impairment among junior high school children in the Cape Coast Metropolis, Ghana. A cross-sectional study was conducted among junior high school children from both public and private schools. Participants underwent ophthalmic examination that included visual acuity testing, external eye examination, fundus examination, cover testing, and objective and subjective refraction. Socioeconomic statuses of the...

PurposeThe purpose of this study was to examine the predictors and barriers to the use of school counselling services by school attending adolescent girls in south-east Nigeria.MethodThe study used a cross-sectional survey of 3 065 adolescent girls, using a self-report counselling utilisation scale. Data were analysed using both descriptive and inferential statistics.ResultsAbout 80% of the participants had school counsellors and nearly half of the participants utilised the service....

This paper estimates the impact of a school fee elimination program for female secondary students in The Gambia to reduce gender disparity in education. To assess the impact of the program, two nationally representative household surveys were used (1998 and 2002/2003). By 2002/2003, about half of the districts in the country had benefited from the program. We found that the program increased enrollment for secondary school female students by 5 percentage points. The effects for female...

I. INTRODUCTION In early morning hours of August 21, 2013, rockets carrying chemical weapons struck outside Syrian capital of Damascus, killing an estimated 1429 people, including 426 children. (1) The U.S. government concluded, with high confidence, that Syrian government, which was known to have stockpiles of various chemical weapons, perpetrated attack. (2) While brutal nature of this attack may be surprising to most, it is just one example of many which Syrian government utilized force...

Anemia is a problem affecting a large group of school children in sub-Saharan Africa, contributing to morbidity in this region. In Cape Verde the magnitude of anemia in school-age children is unknown. The study aimed to assess the prevalence of anemia and associated factors among children in Cape Verde. The data are from a probabilistic sample of 1106 children between five and nine years of age included in the National Survey on the Prevalence of Anemia and Associated Factors among Children...

In Ethiopia, female students’ participation at all levels of education is increasing at an alarming rate. On the other hand, the numbers of female students who graduate from higher learning institutions are still less as compared with their male counter parts due to different factors. This study was conducted with the objective of assessing major factors affecting the academic performance of female students’ in Bahir Dar University. This case study adopted both qualitative and quantitative...

C hildhood tuberculosis (TB) has historically been a neglected area of TB control.Children do not transmit disease effectively and therefore have not been a public health priority.Furthermore, the lack of a standardized case definition and difficulties in definitively diagnosing TB in children has led to uncertainty in estimating the actual burden of TB in children.Yet childhood TB causes significant morbidity and mortality.The most recent global estimates of childhood TB range from 500 000...

The recognition of high-quality operational research (OR) as an integral component of successful public health programmes is no longer a foreign concept.1 Increasingly, Ministries of Health, donors and other stakeholders have placed a high priority on strengthening this once neglected area of work. The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) — through the United States Agency for International Development (US-AID) supported TREAT TB (Technology, Research,...

Tanzania has been implementing several educational development plans and programmes at primary and secondary education levels. These plans and programmes aim at realizing the goal of education for all and therefore making primary education and ordinary secondary education universal. The implementation of these plans and programmes reflects a substantial need for educators and professionals in special education who can be able to handle pupils in inclusive and special classrooms and schools....